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of fresh white sap, then the curd is rolled on rollers while being sprinkled with water, water poured out then long sheets of [[underlined]] crepe [[/underlined]] are hung up from very high [[strikethrough]] cel [[/strikethrough]] ceiling in [[strikethrough]] wooden b [[/strikethrough]] buildings. hung up to dry. Then packed neatly for shipping. All work performed by [[underlined]] cheapest labor, Chinese coolies, [[/underlined]] but more by [[underlined]] chinese women [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] little chinese girls. [[/underlined]] No wonder the Chinese here are so rich. In other places [[underlined]] Tramils [[/underlined]] are u sed or [[underlined]] Malays. [[/underlined]] Many Tramils [[underlined]] have been imported for the plantations. [[/underlined]] Plantations well laid out. Made by destroying the dense jungle [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] by fire then [[underlined]] lea [[/underlined]] leveling and grading Rubber trees planted
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in straight lines. Tapping done methodically by proper [[underlined]] incisions. [[/underlined]] While milk collected in little porcelan cups about size and shape of tea cups, emptied in a square upright tank on wheels and thus rolled to factory, where coagulated etc. 
Paned thru parts of [[underlined]] unchanged jungle [[/underlined]] on the Island, many [[underlined]] monkeys [[/underlined]] everywhere. Many [[underlined]] Coconuts [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] very tall and straight the latter indreating[[guess]] less wind than in West. Indies [[underlined]] Tramil [[/underlined]] villages, [[underlined]] Malay [[/underlined]] villages, and paramount [[underlined]] Chinese [[/underlined]] villages, Chinese shops and [[underlined]] Chinese dirt and smell. [[/underlined]] Roads excellent Some pretty bungalows where richer people live